Minnow-bucket.



Ho. 664,7!9. Patented Dec. 25, i900.

J. R. BBINCK. K l

MINNOW BUCKET.

' (Application led June` 1S, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEE-ICE.v

JOHN R. BRINCK, OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. H. KAMPS, OF SAME PLACE.

MINNOW- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 664,719, dated December 25, 1900.

Application {iled June 18, 1900- To @ZZ whowt it may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN R. BRINCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Appleton, in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Iniprovement in Minnow-Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to portable buckets for carrying live minnows for fish-bait; and its object is to provide a light vreceptacle adapted for holding water into which the minnows can be placed, kept alive, and carried from place to place conveniently, and after arriving at a body of Water from which fish are expected to be caught said minnowbucket can be placed in said body of Water and towed -along with the boatl which the shermen occupy.

The complete minnow-bucket consists of two parts, an outer one for water and an inner one for the minnows, the receptacle for holding the water being provided with a re movable inner receptacle having perforations for admitting air and water, and within which receptacle the minnows are to be placed.

My improvement is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Y Figure l is a plan or top View of the outer or Water-holding receptacle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, through the longitudinal center of Figs. l and 3, of the outer and inner receptacles, the lid of the inner one being removed.' Fig. 3 is a plan of the top of the inner receptacle.

Similar numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

l indicates the outer or water-holding receptacle; 2, bail-ears upon opposite ends of the receptacle; 3, a bail-handle by which the outer receptacle or the two receptacles when nested together' can be carried by the hand; 4, the inner receptacle; 5, a lid hinged with the hinge 6 to the top of the inner receptacle; 7, a wire bail by means of which the inner receptacle can be lifted into or out of the outer one 5 8, an air-chamber which occupies the upper portion of the inner receptacle around the opening 9; l0, the inner walls of the air-cham ber; ll, a knob-fastening for the lid 5; l2 12' l2, Wire-cloth or perforated metal in the sides, bottom, and lid, respec- Serial No` 20,686. (No model.)

tively, of the inner receptacle; 13, a ring to which a rope can be connected for towing the inner receptacle along with a fishingboat; le, a wire bead around the inner receptacle for supporting it upon the walls or upper edge of the outer receptacle.

The outer receptacle is formed of tin or a similar light material and of' a size for being carried by the hand conveniently. It is of much greater length than breadth, with pointed ends, oval sides, and flat bottom. The end and side walls which inclose the two receptacles are vertical, and the extreme ends are formed into a sharp point, so that either end of the inner receptacle when placed in a body of water to be floated will serve as a cutwater and pass easily through the water. The inner receptacle is of a similar form horizontally and of a size to be nested within the outer one. Itis somewhat higher than the outer one and is provided withan airchamber 8 in its upper portion. It is provid ed with an opening 9'through the air-cham ber to theinterior and with a lid 5 for covering said opening, and the outer covering is perforated for admitting air and water, preferably the sides, bottom, and lid being` largely of wire-cloth or perforated metal. The two parts are made alike in form horizontally for the purpose of being nestedy together and'of the form as shown and described, so that when separated and the inner one filled with a supply of minnows'it can be floated either end forward along with the boat the fishermen occupy in the body of water from which fish are expected to be caught.

In using the miunoW-bucket the outer. re ceptacle is to be iilled with waterand the minnows placed in the inner one through the opening 9, the lid securely closed, and said inner receptacle then placed Within the outer one, when the complete minnoW-bucket can be carried from place to place. Upon arriving at a body of water the inner receptacle is to be removed from the outer one, a rope attached to it and to aboat, and placedin the body of Water, where it will float along with the boat, the perforations in it keeping the minnows provided with an abundant supply of fresh Water, while the air-chamber causes the receptacle to float near the surface of said IOO body of water, where the minnows can be procured as Wanted through the opening 9.

At each end of theinner receptacle the sides and bottom are imperforate for about onethird of the distance from the end to the center, and animperforate strip is carried along the joints between the sides,l the air-chamber, and bottom, whereby the minnow-holder is made strong and rigid, and whichever endv forward it may be when being towed along after a boat by reason of the imperforate ends there will be a protected recess at one end, into which the minnows can gather and be protected from the direct rush of Water through the holder. The outer Walls being vertical,the area of the receptacle upon ahorizontal plane at any point in its height up to the eir-ehemhef S eed the aree ef its betteln are equal, so that its sides and betteln contain .Sufficient Weigll? 0f metal for ballast without placing an'extra weight upon its nottom in order to preserve the vertical position of the bucket when iioating. e

A11 advantage ih fermilig'the hhehei ef two parts,the outer one for water and the innerorie for m'innows, is that when the fishermen are shing along the bank of a body of Water and carrying the minnows as they decrease in nninherS iii the hiiekei ih beeehsee herder and finally almost impossible to catch one while the minnows have a bueketful of water in which to swim; but by lifting the inner receptacle from the outer yone the water will drain into the outer one and leave the minnows exposed,l so that the desired number can be easily caught and the rest then returned to the water in the outer receptacle.

Having described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A minnoW-bucket for carrying ininnows for fish-bait, having its length largely exceeding its breadth With similar sharp-pointed ends, oval sides and a flat bottom, and comprising two parts, an onter part for holding waterand an inner part for holding minnows', the inclosing end and side Walls of both parts being vertical, the inner part having an airchamber entirely around Vit in its upper part with an opening through it to the minnowreceptacle, said inner part being imperforate from each end and along each side approximately one-third of the Vdistance to the center, and being adapted for being nested Within the outer part and to float near the surface when separated from the outer part and placed in a body of water for being towed along with a shermans boat, substantially as described.

2. A minnow-bucket, comprising an outer receptacle for holding water of a lengthV largely exceeding its breadth, with sharppointed ends, oval sides and flat bottom, its

end and side inclosing walls being vertical i and being provided With a bail for carrying said receptacle, an inner receptacle of a similar form upon a horizontal plane and being adapted for nesting within the outer receptacle, being imperforate from each end along each side approximately one-third of the dis-f tance to its center, and said inner receptacle having en air-chamber entirely ereuhd it inY its upper peri-ion, en Qpehing thzeugh Seid aireheuiher around' its longitudinal 'and trarie- Y Y 77s Y verse Center, te the inteifiei 0f vSeid inner ieeenteel-e, e perfereted lid fer closing said open-V his, perfeietiehs in the betteln end .eral Slides Y of'the inner receptacle, a ring or similar de vice upon the inner receptacle to which a rope may he eteehed fer towing seid receptacle a bail forlifiing the inner receptacle intoV and eht 0f the .Outer ene, substantially es de-V A 8705;", alougwith a boat through a body of water and;V Y

distance to the center, and being adapted flor V Y neeiihg Within the. .eiltei1 Ohaihe iiieleeihg ehdj emi. eide Wells 0f beth reeepteelee being vertiinner receptacle entirely arbund its longitu-V VV l cal,an air-chamber in the upper per-tion' of 1mg Y i Y* dinal and transverse center, an openingV through said air-chamber t0. the interior ofV said receptacle, a lid for covering said opening, perforations in the body of said recepta- IOO cle below the air-chamber, a device to which e i'epe may he etieehed fer towing it along with` a boat through a body of water, and a bail for lifting theinncr receptacle into or out of the outer one, substantially as described.

J. R. BRINOK. i Witnesses:

W. C. DUNN, S. D. BAIRD. 

